Sociology of the Business Family : Foundations, Recent Developments, and Future Perspectives

The entrepreneurial family has hardly been a topic of family sociology so far. Precisely because more than two-thirds of all companies are family-run, it is surprising that sociology has not yet discovered the entrepreneurial family as a field of research. With this book, it is made the content of systematic family sociological reflections. A central point of departure for theorizing and research on entrepreneurial families is that this form of family has to deal with special social challenges because it structurally combines, mixes, and couples two social spheres that are generally pulled apart in the course of the modernization of society, namely families as part of the private life world and companies as the formal organization of the economic system. This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was also carried out by the authors and a native speaker. Contents About the Editors List of Figures List of Tables Foundations, Recent Developments and Future Perspectives of a Sociology of the Business Family: An Introduction Preliminary Remarks Foundations Recent Developments Future Perspectives Brief Overview of the Contributions References Part I: Foundations The Hunger for Human Capital: Industrial Society and Family Development Introduction The Household as a Place of Production The Family as a Factory of the Child ́s Personality The Order of the Family Human Capital and the Catholic Worker Girl The Question of the Future of the Post-industrial Society Free Time, Outsourcing of Intimacy and the Institutionalization of Childhood Human Capital, Family Development and a New Life Course References Western (Business) Family Models in Historical Change: A Process-Sociological Sketch Introduction Theoretical Foundations Myth Hunting with the Help of Process Sociology Theoretical Concepts: From ``Stem Family ́ ́ and ``Whole House ́ ́ to ``Open House ́ ́ Transformations of the Primary Figuration Type: dem*, oikos, domus/familia, House, Family Status of Historical Representations Household and Production Communities Through the Course of Time Indo-European Peoples: *dem- Greek Antiquity: oikos Roman Antiquity: domus and familia Middle Ages: House Early Modern Period: House; from Seventeenth/Eighteenth Centuries Family and Business Business Family: A Process-Sociological Reflection of the Term Conclusion References Families and Organizations: Similarities, Differences and Linkages Introduction: Beyond the Schema of Interaction, Organization and Society Different Concepts of Membership Organizations Families Similarities and Differences The Differentiation of Groups, Organizations, Movements and Families Profiling of Families and Organizations as Social Systems Against Each Other Consequential Problems of the Differentiation of Organization and Family Perspectives: Entanglements, Combinations and Transitions of Families and Organizations References Empirical Findings on Business Families in Germany Introduction Conceptual Considerations on Business Families Identification of Business Families in Germany Conceptual Considerations for the Construction of a Comparison Group Propensity Score Matching Final Considerations and Evaluation References Part II: Recent Developments From the Family Business to the Business Family: On the Extension of a Social Science and Systems Theory Perspective What Makes a Business a Family Business and a Family a Business Family? The Structural Change of the Family on the Way to Modernity The Business Family as a Family of its Own Type The Special Role of the ``Third Party ́ ́ The Internal Differentiation of Business Families Wordless Understanding: A Necessary Fiction? References Social Plurality and Family Identity: On the Evolution of the Business Family Using the Example of Succession in Family Busine... Business Families in Transition: An Introduction Succession in Business Families: A Theoretical Framework Company Succession as a Generational Issue Analysis Dimensions of Business Succession Succession Negotiation in Business Families: A Theoretical Construct with Cases Negotiation Pattern ``Authoritarian Security ́ ́: Protective Preservation Contractor Masonry: ``Issuing orders ́ ́ Negotiation Pattern ``Ambivalent Entanglement ́ ́: Being Trapped and Atomized Kornberger Bakery: ``This Is a Different Universe ́ ́ Negotiation Pattern ``Independent Renewal ́ ́: Optimize Separately Stecher Technical Company: ``That ́s Where You Died! ́ ́ Negotiation Pattern ``Co-evolutionary Development ́ ́: Interdependent Maturation Energy Company Solinger: ``A Cooperative and Smooth Transition ́ ́ Business Families in Reflexive Modernity: Conclusions References The Business Family as a Family of Its Own Kind in the Process of Social Change: Challenges and Opportunities Using the Exampl... Introduction The Concept of Family in a Changing Society The Family as a System of Social Interaction The Family of Its Own Kind: Structural Features of a System The Female Role and Its Development Succession in the Context of Current Social Developments Opportunities and Challenges of the Change Process Using the Example of Female Succession Conclusion and Outlook References Socialization and Parenting Processes in Business Families Introduction Socialization Requirements in Business Families Transmission of Values Between Parents and Children in Business Families (Study 1) Theoretical Background Study Results What Values Are Most Important for Business Families? How Similar Are Children and Parents in Their Value Priorities? What Approaches Do Parents Choose to Transmit Meaningful Values? Career Orientation and Succession Planning in Business Families (Study 2) Theoretical Background Study Results What Motivations Do Adolescents Report for a Potential Succession in the Family Business? What Is the Significance of Parenting Behaviour in the Expression of Different Succession Motivations of Children? Conclusion and Outlook References Part III: Future Perspectives The Dynastic Extended Family: A Sketch of a Specific Type of Business Family Introduction Dynastic Extended Families Specific Challenges in Dynastic Extended Families Communication within the Circle of Shareholders Committee Structure and (Non)commitment of Members Qualification and Further Training of Members Distribution Policy and Value Differences Dealing with Dissent and Conflict Management Dealing with Impulses from Society Family Strategies and Management of the Dynastic Extended Family General Family Strategy Considerations Specific Family Strategies for Dynastic Extended Families Requirements for Family Managers in Dynastic Extended Families Conclusion References The ``Tripled ́ ́ Family: Dynastic Business Families as Families, Organizations, and Networks Starting Points Families Formally Organized Business Families Large Business Families as Networks The Threefold Task for Family-Strategy Development in Large Business Families Expectations of Compensation in Social Systems The Family Network as a Stable Structure over Time Networking in Large Business Families: Five Observations Conclusion References Company, Family, Business Family: Systems-Theoretical Perspectives on the Extension of Three-Circle Thinking Introduction Too Much Ontology The Business Family as a Social System The ``Duplicated ́ ́ Family: Problems of Simultaneity The Business Family as a Model Case for Polycontexturality References The Business Family of Society: Function, Code and Medium of an Unusual Social System Starting Points Simultaneity of Anachronism and Hypermodernism Hybrid Interactions in Business Families Business Families Between Family and Organization Systemic Social Theory The Business Family as a Subsystem of Society Conclusion References The Doing Family Concept: A New Perspective on Understanding the Production and Cohesion of Business Families Introduction Social Change and Modernization Processes: Individualization, Changed Inheritance Patterns and New Gender Relations Doing Family: The Creation of Cohesion in Business Families The Doing Family Concept Doing Family in the Business Family 1.0 Doing Family in the Business Family 2.0 Doing Family in the Business Family 3.0 Conclusion and Practical Relevance References